Pedernales Electric Cooperative Partnering with University of Texas to Improve Energy Grids
Posted on Jun 30, 2017 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on Pedernales Electric Cooperative Partnering with University of Texas to Improve Energy Grids
The University of Texas at Austin (UT) was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to participate in the Grid Modernization Initiative. Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC), the nation’s largest electric cooperative, is partnering with UT to help design the “grid of the future.” The projects will help utilities advance and expand distributed energy resources onto the grid,...
Ouachita Electric Cooperative Named Electric Cooperative Utility of the Year
Posted on Jun 30, 2017 in Project Development, Rates, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Ouachita Electric Cooperative Named Electric Cooperative Utility of the Year
Smart Electric Power Alliance recently named Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corporation (OECC) Electric Cooperative Utility of the Year for its work with solar developer Silicon Ranch and the Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Corporation to build a 12-MW solar array. The project, located at the Highland Industrial Park, was the first utility-scale solar array in Arkansas. It has helped...
U.S. House of Representatives Advances Two Interests of Electric Cooperatives
Posted on Jun 29, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on U.S. House of Representatives Advances Two Interests of Electric Cooperatives
The U.S. House of Representatives advanced two bills that would benefit electric co-ops. The House passed: (1) the Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act, H.R. 1873, which helps electric co-ops protect their energy distribution assets from vegetation-related damage and (2) H.R. 1551, which expands the eligibility of nuclear power plant developments for certain production tax...
Coop to Expand with Natural Gas
Posted on Jun 16, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Coop to Expand with Natural Gas
Lake Region Electric Cooperative has announced that it is expanding into the natural gas business as Lake Region Energy Service. This will be a partnership with Greater Minnesota Gas, Inc., and it expects gas distribution facilities will be in place by late summer 2017.
Coops Offer Geothermal Programs
Posted on Jun 16, 2017 in Energy Savings Programs, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on Coops Offer Geothermal Programs
Several coops are offering programs and rebates to install geothermal systems designed to lower demand. The cooperative works with geothermal companies and developers to put in a loop system, and owns, maintains and repairs the loop system.
U.S. Senators Oppose Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s Plan to Privatize Federal Transmission Assets
Posted on Jun 8, 2017 in Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on U.S. Senators Oppose Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s Plan to Privatize Federal Transmission Assets
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators asked Energy Secretary Rick Perry to reconsider a plan to auction off U.S. Department of Energy transmission assets used to deliver power from federally owned dams to utilities and rural cooperatives in 34 states on the grounds that privatization of these assets would cause rate increases.
Dairyland Power Cooperative Partners with Minnesota Power on Natural Gas Power Plant Project
Posted on Jun 8, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Dairyland Power Cooperative Partners with Minnesota Power on Natural Gas Power Plant Project
Dairyland Power Cooperative is partnering with another utility, Minnesota Power, to build a $700 million 550-megawatt natural gas power plant in Superior, Wisconsin. If approved by regulators, construction on the plant will commence in 2020 and plant operation is anticipated to be achieved by 2025.
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